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| Boros, like Saitama, has a very poor understanding of restraint. |
I’d really like to blame my latest absence
over something important, like being severely overworked again, or serious
hardware troubles, heck even on the death of Prince, but that is not the case.
My day job, while still having an unusually heavy workload, has been manageable.
My computer had a battery issue, but with the power cord it could still run. And
despite being a Minnesotan, my general reaction to the death of Prince was one
of mild surprise. No, the real reason behind said latest absence was getting
sucked into a battle between the forces of good against a giant demonic whale. It
makes more sense in context. Final
Fantasy X still hits all of my addiction buttons, even fifteen years later.
But enough about my love of Japanese RPGs, let’s focus on my love of Japanese
cartoons… That sounded better in my head.
Once again, we pick up immediately
where the last one stopped. Boros unleashes his unbridled fury against Saitama,
and seems to actually be doing some damage to the seemingly invulnerable bald
hero. Saitama gets his second punch in, blowing off one of Boros’ arms, but
still doesn’t kill him. I think that’s a new record.
Below, the other heroes are having
mixed results in their own projects. The stupidly named, but still more
impressive than his (I’m assuming) younger brothers, Tank-Top Master tries to
help knock the warship out of orbit by throwing bits of debris at it. Tornado
steps in, gets larger, more numerous pieces and starts psionically flinging
then at the ships underbelly. Emasculated by a woman that looks like a child,
that’s got to really bruise the ego. Atomic Samurai and the other heroes are
able to slice Space Clayface to ribbons once more, and Bang rushes in and
destroys the final marble. Really freaking spry for an old guy.
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| Save to say, that was a pretty hard hit. |
Back on board the warship, Boros
and Saitama continue their battle, this time to the show’s theme song. That’s
how you know you’re watching a season finale level fight scene, theme songs
make everything more intense. In fighting anime. Shockingly, Saitama is looking
pretty winded and beaten up in this fight. Boros reveals that he’s got some
pretty intense healing powers, and completely regenerates his arm. Saitama is
pretty unimpressed by this. Infuriated by Saitama’s “so what?” attitude, he
hints the yellow suited hero with enough force that part of the ship gets
vaporized. Saitama’s okay, but gets knocked to the moon. Literally. He leaps
back to Earth, creating a huge crater in the side of ol’ Luna, and the fight
resumes. And I need to stop right here. Don’t want to ruin the ending of this
one.
This was a very good ending. Boros
is the most serious threat that Saitama has come across, and as such really did
need those previous two episodes to show what a mega-level vessel of
destruction he is. And despite this, Saitama still has moments of intense boredom
during the fight. The man has the attention span of a rodent. The fight between
these two titans, which takes up like 75% of the episode, is amazing. My
favorite moment was when Saitama was blasted to the moon, and it takes him
several seconds to figure out what happened. Nice bit of levity to break up the
tension. While I don’t recall hearing what rank Saitama was promoted to, if he’s
not at the very least Rank 1 of Class B after that fight, then the Hero
Association is run by morons. Well, bigger morons then I thought. Just saying.
So overall impression of the season;
doing my best Jim Carrey from The Mask
impersonation, “I love it!” Saitama struggling with both being the most
powerful, and yet almost unknown superbeing on Earth is both hilarious and a
little depressing. I can think of few things worse than hitting the point where
there just aren’t any more challenges in my life. It’d be nice for a bit, but
humans really do seem to need conflict in order to function. Side characters
like Genos, Tornado, Bang and Mumen Rider are all very interesting and
entertaining. Honestly, I’d say any one of these four are interesting enough to
get their own mini-series or spin off. Stranger things have happened. Here’s a
link to the One-Punch Man theme song. Rarely does an opening so perfectly
capture the essence of the show. I have no idea what any of the lyrics mean but
it sounds sooo intense, doesn’t it? I highly recommend this series for anyone that
like superheroes, anime, or just looking for something a little unusual to
watch. An A for this unusual but awesome story. FYI, it is only available in
subtitle form right now, but I’d be willing to bet they’re working on a dub of
it. Be kind of stupid not to, am I right? Next time… not sure just yet. It’ll
either be something DC related or my review of Captain America: Civil War. We’ll see what comes first. Have a good
one.
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